"You'll find just that all through college now, Jason, but don't wait to find out what the big word means."
"I won't," said Jason, "next time."
Many eyes now looked on the lad curiously when he followed John Burnham back through the crowd to the steps, where the new professor paused.
"I passed Mavis on the road. I wonder if she has come."
"I don't know," said Jason, and a curious something in his tone made
John Burnham look at him quickly—but he said nothing.
"Oh well," he said presently, "she knows what to do."
A few minutes later the two were alone in the new professor's recitation-room.
"Have you seen Marjorie and Gray?"
The lad hesitated.
"I seed—I saw 'em when they come in."